Ted Nugent has lengthy been often called the Motor Metropolis Madman, a title that he earned because of his penchant for wild reside performances.
In his youthful years, the guitarist was recognized for leaping off of audio system and hanging from the rafters throughout his exhibits. In a latest interview with Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk, Nugent regarded again on his outlandish onstage antics, particularly the stunts that would have gotten him killed.
“I imply, the working, the athleticism, the ramp — we created the entire ramp factor onstage as a result of I used to be so hyper, so pushed by the rhythms that my unimaginable band offered that you may’t stand there and play,” the guitarist recalled, earlier than naming a memorable near-death expertise. “Coming down out of the ceiling at Cobo Corridor within the ‘80s, my hair bought caught within the pulley 140 ft up within the air. And I needed to actually violently yank out that massive shard of hair from the pulley or I would have plummeted to the bottom and died.”
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One other one in every of Nugent’s life-risking strikes? Mounting a 1,000-pound wild animal onstage.
“Using the buffalo onstage on the Home of Blues in Chicago, the place we’re going up the elevator the place the buffalo’s horns had been up towards my ass,” the rocker continued. “And if he would sneeze, I would have been fastened for all times.”
“I ought to have died, oh, perhaps 30, 40 occasions,” the guitarist estimated. “However fortunately I used to be actually wholesome and athletic.”
Nugent likened his excessive efficiency fashion to a racecar driver pushing to “harmful near-death limits to come back in first. … I could not have instructed you that was my method again then, however that was my method again then.”
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An opportunity encounter with a buffalo farmer led Nugent to check the spectacular beasts. He slowly realized methods to earn the animal’s belief and ultimately skilled one to trip onstage.
“I do know some folks do not suppose you need to cultivate wild animals, however we do, we will, we do,” Nugent famous. “And if it is completed with reverence and completed with respect and taking actual real care of those animals, then there’s a spot for that.”
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In fact, training on a farm and getting out on a stage in entrance of an viewers had been two very various things. Nugent admitted he was anxious the buffalo would “kill me or the primary 4 rows” if it bought spooked by the noise or lighting. “However fortunately I had spent a lot time using him that he got here to just accept me and even settle for the chaos and the outrage of a rock ‘n’ roll live performance. And other people would witness me come out using Chief onstage.”
Using a buffalo would grow to be one thing of a calling card for Nugent, who repeated the act many occasions all through his profession. As for what occurred to his very first onstage buffalo, the avid hunter was direct: “I do consider that we sauteed a few of him on my barbecue.”
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